“This emergency has, more than a thousand treaties or speeches, made us suddenly realize that we are part of one single world,” said Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
In times of global crisis, Europe’s rich governments are often looked to for financial and material aid for poorer ones.
As infections tick up, EU countries are again imposing quarantines on visitors from neighboring nations.
“In every corner of the world today, there is a young man, a young woman, looking at their cell phone screen.
“If we’re truly going to defeat this virus we’ll have to do even more to enhance international cooperation,” Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said.